Period 5: Cultural Corner学习目标：1. 能够根据课文对城镇或城市作比较，说出其共同点2. 树立跨文化交际意识3. 掌握重点单词的用法学习重点：能够根据课文对城镇或城市作比较，说出其共同点学习难点：掌握重点单词的用法课前预习使用说明与学法指导：1. 树立跨文化交际意识2. 15 分钟之内完成教材助读：预习自测：Ⅰ.判断正误阅读 P19 课文，判断正误1．In few US cities there are organizations to help people stop smoking.( )2．To give up smoking，don't see those people who smoke.( )3．Exercise can't help you to forget about cigarettes.( )Ⅱ.语篇理解阅读 P19 课文，选取最佳答案1．Why has town twinning become popular in recent years?A．Because it is a new idea.B．Because it is easier to find out a town twinning and visit towns of other countries.C．Because one town needs another town in another country as its town twinning.2．Which of the following doesn't belong to the similarities between Oxford in the UK and Grenoble in France according to this passage?A．They are about as big as each other.B．There are many tourists in either of the two cities.C．They are both developed in industries.3．The passage is mainly about .A．town twinning agreement B．Oxford in the U．K.C．the relation between Oxford and Grenoble我的疑问：__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________课内探究质疑探究：1．be/get close to 接近；靠近Tourism is important to both of them，and they are both close to some of the most beautiful countryside in the region.(教材 P19)对于两个城市来说，旅游业都很重要，而且这两个城市与该地区最美丽的乡村近在咫尺。Our home is close to a bus stop.我们家离公共汽车站很近。He is close to becoming a famous star.1他快要成为明星了。close v．关；关闭；结束；adj.亲密的；靠近的；adv.接近；靠近close down 关闭；歇业；倒闭close up 靠近...
